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Artist/Band: Nina Simone
Lyrics for Song: Pirate Jenny
Lyrics for Album: Just Nina [2011]



You people can watch while I'm scrubbing these floors



And I'm scrubbin' the floors while you're gawking



Maybe once you tip me and it makes you feel swell



In this crummy southern town in this crummy old hotel



But you'll never guess to who you're talkin'.



No, you couldn't ever guess to who you're talkin'



Then one night there's a scream in the night



And you wonder who could that have been?



And you see me kinda grinnin' while I'm scrubbin'



And you say, "What's she got to grin?" I'll tell you



There's a ship, The Black Freighter



With a skull on its masthead will be coming in



You gentlemen can say, "Hey gal, finish them floors!



Get upstairs! What's wrong with you? Earn your keep here!?



You toss me your tips and look out to the ships



But I'm counting your heads as I'm making the beds



'Cuz there's nobody gonna sleep here, tonight



Nobody is going to sleep here honey



Nobody, nobody!



Then one night there's a scream in the night



And you say, "Who's that kicking up a row?"



And you see me kinda starin' out the window



And you say, "What's she got to stare at now?"



I'll tell you



There's a ship, The Black Freighter turns around in the harbor



Shootin' guns from her bow



Now, you gentlemen can wipe off that smile off your face



'Cause every building in town is a flat one



This whole frickin' place will be down to the ground



Only this cheap hotel standing up safe and sound



And you yell, "Why do they spare that one?"



Yes, that's what you say, "Why do they spare that one?"



All the night through, through the noise and to do



You wonder who is that person that lives up there?



And you see me stepping out in the morning



Looking nice with a ribbon in my hair



And the ship, The Black Freighter runs a flag up its masthead



And a cheer rings the air



By noontime the dock is a swarmin' with men



Comin' out from the ghostly freighter



They're movin' in the shadows where no one can see



And they're chainin' up people and they're bringin' 'em to me



Askin' me, "Kill them now, or later?"



Askin' me, "Kill them now, or later?"



Noon by the clock and so still by the dock



You can hear a foghorn miles away



And in that quiet of death, I'll say, "Right now, right now!"



Then they'll pile up the bodies



And I'll say, "That'll learn ya!"



And the ship, The Black Freighter disappears out to sea



And on it is me


Album Lyrics: Just Nina [2011]


Nina Simone
"Just Nina [2011]"


1. No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed
2. Pirate Jenny
3. Plain Gold Ring
4. He Needs Me
5. Ain't Got No/I Got Life